this seems like something that could be done as a web service. I don't
like the "mandatory ehternet as IP" part, but the idea of transparency
and politicians reviews would make a great website. One that could be
used by OLPC, for example. Go for it.
On 10/02/2008, at 17:18, Clark Pope wrote:
I'm curious if anyone is looking at using the OLPC as an anti-
corruption tool. I hear that one of the major problems in
afghanistan is corruption of the police and other officials not to
mention civilians. I realized that these developing countries are a
lot like Ebay: nobody knows who they can trust. The online sites
have tried to tackle with ratings systems of users and buyers. My
theory is the same thing could be accomplished with the OLPC.
Basically, people would get an OLPC by providing picture and finger
print at a vending machine. The units ethernet address would become
the person's ID. The unit won't work with any other finger scan and
if activity is not detected in 48 hours, let's say, the unit would
be reported stolen or some GO would be prompted to investigate.
In the marketplace and at government office both parties to a
transaction would authenticate themselves to each other via their
OLPCs. After the transaction each individual can rate the other.
If a seller or official is corrupt it will become obvious very
quickly as many people report on them. If people refuse to
participate then others know not to do business with them.
The same infrastructure can be used to report insurgents, essential
services, voting, etc.
Anyway, is anyone working on applications like this? Seems to me the
coalition would pay for it since it is alot cheaper to empower
millions of citizen watchers than it is to send more troops.
Please respond to my email directly as I don't subscribe to this list.
Thanks,
Clark
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Subject: olpc anti-corruption
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:58:47 -0500
dispense from vending machines
government employee have paper trail
ethernet address is the citizen id
use for elections
rate vendors and buyers
use to validate government officials and report corruption
pay contributors with monthly electronic deposits
report status of water, sewer, and electricity
call for help
if stolen can be deactivated remotely
fingerprint scan to purchase and use
communications tool
education tool
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